What a poor shower, bunch of z listers, hasbeens and never beens.

Hope Denise Welch falls on her arse too.

Welcome to the club

And also, what's a poor shower? A bath for tramps?

kind of harsh...

I actually prefer this lineup to previous years TBH.

Yes, this year's lineup is better than the past two (Series 4 wasn't a very good line-up IMO)

Some of them are decent, but there are two or three highly questionable inclusions. Unfortunately, they seem to be going for "celebs" who aren't famous for doing anything in showbiz, instead they have WAGs and hangers on, and famous for being famous types who must have promised to create tabloid stories.

The ones who are doing it for the right reasons, and who have a decent back story are getting the least press attention in favour of those who are happy to convolute a story. I feel it's an insult to the professional skaters to have people with less legitimate claim to celebrity than them, described as their celebrity partners.

I don't think it's a case of not being able to get better celebs. Supposedly Faye from Steps is the reserve. I know she's not a massive star these days, but even with several years of keeping a lower profile, she's much more interesting and well known to the general public than someone who used to sleep with a footballer or a presenter on a minority channel, or someone who shares a surname of someone famous. I have serious concerns about what this means for how ITV plan to promote the show. It seems they want to make it more like Big Brother, so it's all about people who have their PRs giving stories to the trashy press than genuine famous faces learning something new.

I used to love the show, but casting choices this year, and to an extent last year, have cheapened the whole thing. I'll still record it, but I really can't stand the thought of watching VTs trying to convince me that this or that person is a celebrity.

i thought series 4 was actually one of the best lineups tbh...

i knew all of the females
roxanne
melinda
coleen
jessica
zoe
gemma

and most of the men too :P

Only half of them are actually famous!!

Richard and Judy's daughter? I hear the scraping of a barrel.

An actor who has been a main character for almost two decades in the country's most watched show. Totally Z list

Series 4 had the best celebrity skater so far and another who would have made the final or even won in another series but was robbed of a place in the final by the most improved skater from start to finish in any year. Series 4 was one of the best, if not the best.

Not only a rubbish line-up but none of them looked any good on the ice!

Kerry, Ashley peacock & Vanilla Ice are the only names I recognise really, apart from a couple of others,like Angela Rippon & Craig, but I think it's a shame we didn't have Kara Tointon on this.

You say that but I had no idea who she was before she was on SCD

Ah I was a big fan of her when she was in Benders.

And where are the rest of the pros from previous years

A show I don't watch

I'm not sure if she has been in anything else, yet. Apart from SCD of course.

kerry is the biggest "star" and getting paid £60.000.I hope she pays back what she owes before wasting it on holidays hotels and shopping.

Yup its bad

Personally, not really fussed about how famous (or not) a 'celeb' is - I watch it for all the skating, and T&D's performances. It's interesting to see how folk progress until they are eliminated. I prefer the year's when we get a surprise winner at the end i.e. someone other than the one everyone expected to win throughout the series.

Missing Nicky though. Preferred his knowledgeable comments to those of Robin. In the same way, I much prefer Eurosports commentators (Chris Howath and Simon Reed) to the Beeb's (Robin !) on a VERY few occasions we get to see ice skating on (digital) TV.

Woah there are some good people on here!!
Jennifer metcalfe.... and okay so i am running out of other people to name... but it looks to be an interesting series at least..
Well heres hoping

Johnson is giving his fee to help the heroes.

Kerry could take a leaf out of his book.

me either.

Haven't heard of most of them...what a surprise!